London Registrars has been providing process agency services for over twenty years. The role of a process agent is a vitally important service for many overseas businesses dealing with suppliers or tenders in the UK, or raising a loan from a City institution. In respect of the latter, the lending bank will require the appointment of a UK based process agent to receive formal notices should the borrower default on the loan.
UK process agents (also known as agent for service of process, registered agent, registered agent for service of process or resident agent) accept service of notices, proceedings or documents on behalf of their overseas clients in situations where, usually because of contractual obligations, it is not possible for them to be served abroad.
Under English court procedure rules, it is necessary to serve papers to start proceedings correctly. If a party does not have an address within England, the process for serving these papers abroad is lengthy and complicated. It is therefore customary – and indeed often required by the UK entity supplying the service or loan – for the overseas entity to appoint a UK process agent and agree that service at the address of the process agent will constitute proper service for the purposes of the court procedural requirements.
A process agent can also act in a broader capacity for the appointing company, including acting as a process agent for court actions, receiving documents in connection with arbitration proceedings, and receiving notices under contracts where an independent party is needed. London Registrars offers a comprehensive, cost effective and reliable service which will enable you to comply with your contractual obligations and give you the confidence of knowing that you have a dependable company in England representing your interests.
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